The Pension Fund will no longer deny pensions due to lack of data: what will change

The Pension Fund of Ukraine is planned to be obliged not to deny citizens a pension only due to the lack of necessary information. Instead, the PFU must notify the person of the missing data and facilitate their search.

The relevant changes are provided for by draft law No. 13705-d, which the Verkhovna Rada supported in the second reading and as a whole on April 9. 242 people’s deputies voted for the document.

For the law to enter into force, it must be signed by the President of Ukraine.

The PFU will help confirm the insurance period

The main goal of the legislative changes is to simplify the procedure for confirming the insurance period required for the assignment of a pension.

It is assumed that the Pension Fund bodies will independently receive information about citizens from state electronic registers and information systems.

If the necessary information is not in the registers, the PFU must notify the person about this and help in collecting documents.

In particular, this concerns the search for the necessary information in archives or at enterprises. Thus, the absence of certain data should no longer automatically become a reason for refusing to grant a pension.

What documents can be used to confirm the length of service

If the work book is missing or contains inaccurate or incomplete records, the insurance period can be confirmed by other documents.

This is especially true for periods of work before 2000.

To confirm the length of service, the following can be used:

certificates and extracts from enterprises;
information on the payment of wages;
bank data on accruals;
employment contracts;
archival documents;
witness statements;
court decisions.
Employer debts will not deprive an employee of the length of service

Another important change concerns periods of work for which the employer did not pay insurance contributions due to arrears.

Such periods will be allowed to be counted towards the insurance period provided that information about the employee and his work was reflected in the relevant reporting.

The new rules should simplify the procedure for applying for pensions and reduce the number of cases where citizens are forced to independently search for documents about work that are many years old or appeal refusals from the Pension Fund.